Return of the Spider vs The Color of Death: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Thriller
Return of the Spider
Along Came a Spider introduced Detective Alex Cross to readers around the globe and delivered an unsurpassed rivalry: Cross versus Gary Soneji. But that wasn’t their first meeting... Police discover that Soneji kept a…
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The Color of Death
Bruce Alexander Cook (1932 – November 9, 2003) was an American journalist and author who also wrote under the pseudonym Bruce Alexander, creating historical novels about a blind 18th-century Englishman and also a…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Color of Death highest: The Color of Death 4.5 · Return of the Spider 4.0.
- The Color of Death is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 7 for Return of the Spider.
- Return of the Spider has the widest readership — 1119 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Return of the Spider | The Color of Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.3 (6) | 3.2 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (1119) | 4.5 (418) |
Reception
| Return of the Spider | The Color of Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1119 | 418 |
| Editions | 4 | 5 |
| Pages | 400 | 288 |